Detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in blood donors: Comparison of new method to the conventional one

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Ali Öner, Yaşar ^a   Akin, Hacer ^a   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood banks; Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Malaria; Transfusion transmitted malaria

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCREENING; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 1642464561     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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